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The “ped” marking indicates that you should press the pedal down, while the asterisk indicates that you should release the pedal. Alternately, a line below the staff also indicates when to depress and release the pedal. You press the pedal down when the line starts and release the pedal when the line ends.
How do you know when to use the pedal in piano?
The short answer is you should hold down the pedal whenever you want your notes to sustain, and release it whenever you want them to stop. To learn when the notes SHOULD sustain, your suspicion about the Ped.
What does pedal mean in piano?
Piano pedals are foot-operated levers at the base of a piano that change the instrument's sound in various ways. Modern pianos usually have three pedals, from left to right, the soft pedal (or una corda), the sostenuto pedal, and the sustaining pedal (or damper pedal).
